Strength and weathering of rock as boundary layer problems
By: Christine Butenuth.
Publisher: Imperial College Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Rock mechanics.; Weathering.; Boundary element methods.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-259) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Strength, in Particular Rock Strength: Concepts, Definitions; title: and Experimental Techniques 1; title: 11 Rock as a Mechanical Mixture of Phases: A Composite; title: with History 1; title: 12 Properties of Mechanical Mixtures: Composition and; title: Construction 3; title: 121 The Essential Distributions of Solid, Crystalline; title: Particles in Space 31; title: 122 Porosity and Its Determination as well as Some; title: Remarks on Pore Shapes 36; title: 123 Intergranular Materials (Cements) 45; title: 124 Strength and Notch Systems at the Sample Surface 52; title: 13 The Physical Definition of Strength: A General; title: Measuring Instruction 57; title: 131 Experimental Methods for the Determination of; title: Strength of Rock 60; title: 1311 The Hoop Test 60; title: 1312 A Comparison of Tensile Strength Values; title: of Rocks Determined by Point Load and; title: Direct Tension Tests 70; title: 14 Physico-Chemical Reactions, Suitable for a Selective; title: Destruction of Rock Structure 80; title: 141 Adsorption 83; title: 142 The Formation of Changed Surface Structures; title: During Weathering Reactions 84; title: 2 Physico-Chemical Elements of the Strength of Pure Phases; title: with Ionic Linkage 92; title: 21 Force- and Energy-Distance Functions 96; title: 211 Formation of Ion Pairs 96; title: 212 Formation of Ion Chains 101; title: 213 Force-elongation Curves for Uniform and; title: Composed Chains 108; title: 214 Estimate of the Theoretical Strength 117; title: 215 Silicic Acid Chains 120; title: 22 The Lattice Energy 124; title: 23 Strength According to Orowan's and Griffith's; title: Considerations 127; title: 24 The Order of Magnitude of Thermal Surface Stresses; title: for a Central Symmetric Phase Arrangement 133; title: 25 Surface- and Interfacial-Energy 136; title: 26 Overview of the Problems of Strength in Relation to; title: Different Bondings in Materials 149; title: 3 Strengthening of Grain Packings by Intermolecular Forces 165; title: 31 Surface Tension of Liquid Water in Selected, Simple; title: Systems 167; title: 311 The Stresses Resulting from Wetting a Solid by; title: a Liquid 170; title: 312 Effect of Adhesion Tension in Selected, Simple; title: Systems 171; title: 32 Water Strengthened Grain Packings 174; title: 4 The Behaviour of Sandstone Samples under Water;; title: Weathering Processes 184; title: 41 Definitions and Conventions 185; title: 411 Sign Conventions for Forces 185; title: 412 Swelling of Rocks 186; title: 413 System and System Changes 186; title: 42 Direct Observations and Photographic Registration; title: of the Bunter Sandstone/Water System 189; title: 421 Averaged Reaction Temperature and Weathering; title: Regime on the Surface of the Earth 191; title: 422 Results of Direct Observation by Photographic; title: Registration 193; title: 423 Inorganic-chemical Brutto Analysis (EDX) of the; title: Mechanically Distinguishable Phases 198; title: 424 Preliminary Remarks on the Morphology of the; title: Suspended Phases 202; title: 425 Substances and Products of Lateritic Weathering; title: Set Free when Immersing Bunter Sandstone; title: Samples in Water 207; title: 426 Observations on Volume Changes of Bunter; title: Sandstone Samples when Ageing in Water 210; title: 427 Whereabouts of Pore Air 218; title: 5 Conclusions from the Ageing Experiments of Bunter; title: Sandstone in Water and the Distribution of Substances; title: and Forces in Samples 220; title: 51 Models for the Material and Pore Distribution in; title: Bunter Sandstone 220; title: 511 Experimental Pore Diameter Distribution Function 224; title: 512 Diameters of Colloidal Sediments from Suspensions; title: of Landslide Masses of Miirlenbach, Eifel (1989) 225; title: 513 Diameters of the Colloidal Suspension Load of; title: Rivers 227; title: 514 Contact Bridges and Their Load Bearing Cross; title: Section 228; title: 515 Local and Time Dependent Influences, which; title: Can Affect the Carrying Cross Section of; title: Sandstone Samples 233; title: 52 Summarising Remarks in View to the Results of the; title: Ageing Experiments 244.